AMD's mid-range Radeon RX 9070 GRE edition graphics card is now available for $499 on Newegg, offering an attractive deal for 1440p gamers. Newegg provides a special discount when you enter your email address, reducing the listed price from $549 to $499, a 9% price cut. This is a good deal considering how expensive GPUs have become recently due to memory shortages driving up prices. Originally launched on June 2nd this year outside of China, AMD set the MSRP at $549, which is still the case for some SKUs at certain retailers. However, prices often exceed this, depending on the location and country.

The Radeon RX 9070 GRE features a Navi 48 XL GPU with 3,072 stream processors across 48 RDNA 4 CUs, paired with 12 GB of GDDR6 memory running on a 192-bit bus. This positions it below the Radeon RX 9070 non-XT, which uses a Navi 48 XT GPU with 3,584 stream processors. Interestingly, this GPU was initially intended as a China-only version, as is typical for the GRE family, but AMD released it worldwide at the beginning of June. With the current discount, the value proposition has improved compared to our earlier reviews. Check out the Newegg link here. Do note we don't have an affiliate program, this post serves as a heads-up for enthusiasts for a good deal.

AMD today announced a global launch of the Radeon RX 9070 GRE graphics card. The card was debuted as a China-exclusive, and is seeing a wider launch to fill a key price-performance gap that exists between the RX 9060 XT 16 GB and the RX 9070. The new RX 9070 GRE carved out from the same 4 nm "Navi 48" silicon as the RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT. While the silicon physically has 64 compute units and a 256-bit wide memory bus, the RX 9070 GRE is configured with three quarters of it, featuring 48 compute units, and a 192-bit memory bus. In comparison, the RX 9060 XT and the "Navi 44" silicon it's based on, has exactly half the CU count and memory bus width.

The Radeon RX 9070 GRE hence has 3,072 stream processors, 48 RT accelerators, 96 AI accelerators, 192 TMUs, and 96 ROPs. The card gets 12 GB of 18 Gbps GDDR6 memory across its 192-bit wide memory bus, for 437 GB/s of memory bandwidth. It's also configured with 48 MB of Infinity Cache memory, three quarters of the 64 MB physically present on "Navi 48." The card is configured with 2.20 GHz of Game clock, and 2.79 GHz of maximum boost frequency for the GPU engine clock domain, while the memory ticks at 18 Gbps (GDDR6-effective). The main competition for this card is NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB, which is priced at $570. AMD, in its first-party performance tests claims a significant 22% performance gain over the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB, and a 26% performance-price gain. While NVIDIA recommends the RTX 5060 Ti for 1080p gaming, AMD is confident in the RX 9070 GRE being a 1440p-class gaming GPU. The card will be available from today, June 1st, through AMD's various add-in board (AIB) partners, including Sapphire, PowerColor, ASRock, XFX, GIGABYTE, Acer, and ASUS.

AMD appears to be preparing to launch its China-exclusive Radeon RX 9070 GRE through its global distributor network, according to VideoCardz. A recent image of a Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 GRE PULSE edition shows the packaging with English branding, which contrasts with the usual Chinese product naming Sapphire uses for the Chinese market. Another piece of evidence is the Newegg listings for prebuilt PC systems featuring Radeon RX 9070 GRE GPUs, as well as unofficial listings of the card itself. Specifically, the PULSE and PURE Radeon RX 9070 GRE models are listed on Newegg, although these listings are made by Chinese third-party retailers rather than official United States distributors. For now, these listings remain unofficial, but they suggest that AMD might allow its partners to offer these designs outside of China.

As a reminder, AMD's Radeon RX 9070 GRE was launched about a year ago specifically for the Chinese market. It features the Navi 48 XL GPU SKU with 3,072 Streaming Processors across 48 Compute Units. AMD pairs this with 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, providing 432 GB/s of bandwidth. Sapphire's custom designs, such as the PURE and PULSE, include a factory overclock, significantly exceeding AMD's boost clock of 2,790 MHz. Although specific data for the Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 GRE PULSE edition is not available, it is assumed that a factory overclock will be applied. For comparison, below is Sapphire's Radeon RX 9070 GRE edition for the Chinese market.

AMD's RDNA 4-based Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT graphics cards have finally reached reasonable pricing, as German retailers report that these GPUs are now selling below MSRP. In Germany, the European MSRP for Radeon RX 9070 cards is €629, including 19% VAT. For its bigger sibling, the Radeon RX 9070 XT, the European MSRP is listed at €689, also including the sales tax. However, according to multiple listings from German online retailers, both cards are trading below their European MSRP pricing, marking the first occurrence since the memory shortage fiasco began, which took a toll on the gaming community. The cheapest Radeon RX 9070 non-XT model is listed at €539.00 in the form of the ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 OC SKU, while the cheapest Radeon RX 9070 XT model is listed at €640 for the ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Challenger GPU. Do note that this is not the first time that these GPUs are priced below MSRP in Germany, but just the first time since the memory shortages started.

Interestingly, this price drop in Germany is not consistent with the markets in the United States, where GPU pricing for the Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT still ranges around $810-$820 for the non-XT SKU and about $880-$890 for the Radeon RX 9070 XT model. This represents a large premium in the U.S. market, considering that the Radeon RX 9070 and Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics cards have MSRPs of $549 and $599, respectively. Perhaps a fresh supply of GPUs has hit the German market, causing supply to overwhelm demand and significantly pushing prices down. In the U.S., that is not the case, where prices remain high and on an upward trajectory, according to PCPartPicker. In contrast, the German market is experiencing some of the lowest pricing in recent months, finally giving gamers a break.

This season's AMD Rewards campaign started going live this morning, across several regions. Officially, this promotional period started today (February 10), at 9:00 a.m. ET, and is due to end on April 25. Participants have until May 23 (11:59:59 p.m. ET) to get/redeem "Crimson Desert with select AMD products." Hints of a Pearl Abyss—the game's South Korean development team—and Team Red collaboration appeared online last week; eventually leading to the reveal of Sapphire's Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Crimson Desert Edition graphics card model. In terms of qualifying desktop processor products, AMD has narrowed its selection down to current-gen 3D V-Cache-augmented gaming models, including the 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X3D, 12-core Ryzen 9 9900X3D, and 8-core Ryzen 7 9800X3D. The semi-recently launched Ryzen 7 9850X3D SKU gets some special treatment—according to the latest reward scheme's small print: "purchases of this product prior to the Campaign Period are eligible to receive a Coupon Code."

The Crimson Desert promotion also encompasses RDNA 4 generation graphics cards, although the Red Team has only deemed its upper echelon options worthy of this Pearl Abyss sponsorship. The Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 (both 16 GB models) are qualifiers in this category. Oddly, cheaper Radeon RX 9060 XT (16 GB and 8 GB) cards are not listed in freshly published material. Also absent is the Chinese market exclusive Radeon RX 9070 GRE 12 GB or 16 GB models. The less potent Radeon RX 9000-series products are very likely capable of running the Black Desert Online prequel to a satisfying degree—as noted by VideoCardz, Crimson Desert's minimum PC specification requirements hark back to pre-2020s processor and GPU hardware.

A week ago, Sapphire Technology's social media account started to tease a forthcoming Crimson Desert collaborative product. A few days later, the Hong Kong-based computer hardware specialist unveiled an officially redecorated variant of its current flagship RDNA 4 graphics card—the NITRO+ Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB model. In the time gap between Sapphire's two preview posts, web sleuths managed to find early retail listings—pre-release info included the product code (11348-10-20G), GTIN/EAN number (4895106297623), and a full product name—Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Crimson Desert. Across a smattering of prematurely published Austrian and German webstore pages, possible placeholder pricing seems to be hovering around €970 - 980. Currently, the PCO Computer Handels GmbH online shop is advertising "in stock" availability.

Surprisingly, Sapphire's recent release of TRIXX v11.0 contained patch notes that mentioned the "Crimson Desert Version" special edition, as well as the PhantomLink spin-off. Crimson Desert, a single-player open-world fantasy action-adventure, is due to launch on multiple platforms next month—specifically March 19. The AMD x Sapphire Nitro+ x Pearl Abyss collaboration could bear fruit in the run-up to the Black Desert Online prequel's international arrival. Sapphire's promotional render shows a fairly typical Nitro+ RX 9070 XT card design that sports Crimson Desert livery; mainly on the backplate. Additionally and subtly, the triple-fan array features a different set of stickers, when compared to the standard model. Semi-recently, TechPowerUp's W1zzard was impressed by the high quality print present on ASRock and Capcom's Radeon RX 9070 XT Monster Hunter Wilds Edition card—a more mid-range-type design. Hopefully, Sapphire has applied a similar—or superior—level of treatment onto its premium-tier creation.

Vastarmor's Chinese website has been updated with a new workstation-grade graphics card model. This new addition seems to signal the AMD board partner's debut in the field of producing dedicated professional graphic solutions. The company is better known for its well-populated gaming product range, utilizing several generations of Team Red Radeon GPU tech. At CES 2026, TechPowerUp enjoyed sneak peeking a pleasingly low-profile prototype Radeon RX 9060 XT card at the Minisforum booth. Up until the start of this year, Vastarmor has deployed AMD's Navi 48 GPU die in flagship Super Alloy and regular Alloy Radeon RX 9070 XT SKUs. This supply relationship has expanded into Navi 48 XTW territories, as demonstrated by the manufacturer's fresh listing of a custom Radeon AI PRO R9700 32 GB model.

Somewhat disappointingly, the Chinese AIB has not deviated much from Team Red's official reference design. Visually, Vastarmor's largely faithful interpretation distinguishes itself by adding company logos/branding onto the shroud, backplate, and the blower fan's face. When compared to a slightly older low effort PowerColor rendition, Vastarmor's "customization" goes the extra mile. According to Vastarmor's spec sheet (translated from Mandarin), this new product adheres to AMD's reference levels. No details regarding pricing or regional availability are present on the company's product page. Last October, Team Red's official Radeon AI PRO R9700 reveal set an MSRP of $1299. The ongoing computer memory crisis will likely drive up costs across consumer and professional markets. Workstation cards, that pack 32 GB of GDDR6 or GDDR7 VRAM, are expected to become increasingly expensive prospects.

The ROCm 7.2.0 feature set was reportedly unveiled and detailed by AMD staffers during CES 2026. Two weeks later, this updated version of Team Red's open-source software platform has become available to the public. When perusing fresh patch notes, Phoronix's Michael Larabel noticed that official support of two new-ish RDNA 4 graphics card products had been added. Documentation listed the consumer-grade Radeon RX 9060 XT LP 16 GB model, and workstation-class Radeon AI PRO 9600D 32 GB design. AMD's Navi 44 GPU-based "low-power" card design—likely aimed at SFF PC enthusiasts—is the more mysterious item out of the ROCm 7.2-supported duo. An oddly under-the-rader introduction occurred mid-way through December.

Weeks later, the TechPowerUp ground team examined a Vastarmor-made low profile prototype at the Minisforum booth in Las Vegas. Online speculation points to a possible region exclusive release—Team Red and involved AIBs could be preparing Radeon RX 9060 XT LP cards for the Chinese PC hardware market. Similarly, AMD's Radeon AI PRO R9600D model was unveiled last month, in passively-cooled reference design form. Days later, the usual set of board partners started to showcase their own interpretations of Team Red's Navi 48 XLW GPU-based workstation and server solution. The inclusion of both models in the latest ROCm update could hint at near future product launches.

AMD is reportedly shifting its production strategy to focus more on the Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics cards instead of the non-XT version. According to PROHARDVER, AMD is reallocating internal capacity towards the higher-end Radeon RX 9070 XT, which has a higher MSRP of $599. This decision is driven by the fact that the production costs for both GPUs are the same, as they both use the Navi 48 die and 16 GB of GDDR6 memory. With memory pricing being the main bottleneck, AMD aims to concentrate on a SKU that offers a better profit margin and justifies the engineering efforts invested in the series. Although both SKUs have the same memory configuration, the non-XT version uses a Navi 48 XT die, likely a lower-bin version of the Navi 48 XTX die. As a result, production costs are similar, but the Radeon RX 9070 XT has a slight 9% price premium over the non-XT model.

PROHARDVERThis does not make the Radeon RX 9070 a very good alternative for manufacturers, and according to our information, its production is not stopped, but the focus is largely on the Radeon RX 9070 XT, so they may produce more of this model in the future at the expense of its smaller brother. On paper, this could help minimize the need for price correction, since the fastest Radeon model is already more expensive, so it is less affected by the increase in memory prices.

In the run-up to Christmas, ASRock unveiled a pale spin-off of its readily available Radeon RX 9070 XT Taichi OC graphics card model. As of this week, gaming graphics card sleuths have noticed that the Taiwanese manufacturer has published a dedicated product page. A "RX9070XT TCW 16GO" code, detailed specifications, various product and feature set descriptions, and plenty of images are on full display on ASRock's main web presence. TechPowerUp's CES 2026 ground team did not spot a white Taichi demonstration sample during a past week ASRock suite visit. An official pre-event PR piece implied some form of early January trade show concurrent introduction.

Their latest update of the custom RDNA 4-based flagship manages to implement a new "LCD Information Center" feature—simply a dinky side-mounted 2-inch color LCD screen that can broadcast key diagnostic data and animations. Early promotional renders indicated that ASRock had bunged on a longer strip of ARGB lighting across the white Taichi variant's top-side. A full selection of shots show off this new zone, complete with an expansion of this Taichi generation's gear-themed aesthetic. The added extras have tacked on a little bit of extra weight (+67 g), relative to the metallically-dressed standard Taichi model—ASRock's specification sheet lists a slightly heavier net weight measurement of 1621 grams. The white RX 9070 XT Taichi OC variant is still a three-slot thick behemoth, with an additional 6 mm tacked onto its depth dimension (according to official specs).

Sapphire has seemingly distributed special variants of its flagship Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+ graphics card model to Chinese press and influencer outlets. A Phantom Link edition received pre-launch video coverage earlier in the week, swiftly followed by the surprise appearance of a white spin-off. Yesterday, the Just Buy (if you like it) video channel showcased Sapphire's pale redecoration of the current-gen Nitro+ design—possibly the first of its kind. Normally, this premium card design—within the RDNA 4 generation—sports a luxurious champagne gold finish. The not-yet-released "Aurora Edition" veers closer to the Hong Kong-based manufacturer's upper-mid-range PURE product theme.

So far, previewers have not paired their card samples with Sapphire's X870EA Wi-Fi Phantom Link Edition motherboard. Instead, Just Buy settled on utilizing an ASUS TUF Gaming BTF-type mainboard; readily compatible with the Phantom Link system—merely Sapphire's rebranding of the modular GC-HPWR adapter. They freely swapped between the Sapphire card, and (what looks like) a TUF Gaming RTX 5070 Ti BTF White model. As mentioned by Uniko's Hardware, Tony Yu (aka Uncle Tony)—general manager of the ASUS China branch—has personally "endorsed" the Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+ Phantom Link design. Industry observers believe that the current seeding of press samples will build up hype before an official unveiling at CES 2026, potentially followed by a widespread retail release. At the time of writing, early hands-on demonstrations did not include any on-screen or benchmarking sessions.

The modular GC-HPWR gold finger has become a familiar sight over the past couple of weeks, mostly on the NVIDIA AIB side of things. At Computex 2025, TechPowerUp staffers inspected an unusual set of prototypes at Sapphire Technology's booth—specifically, Phantom Link-augmented X870E NITRO+ motherboard and Radeon RX 9070 XT NITRO+ graphics card models. The Hong Kong-based PC hardware specialist is a staunch AMD board partner, but has adopted technologies and standards that are normally associated with Team Green GPU products. Sapphire's current-gen flagship card—the Radeon RX 9070 XT NITRO+ 16 GB SKU—sports a hidden 12V-2x6 power connector. Certain modern-day Nitro+ card enthusiasts would prefer to avoid the controversial 16-pin design—fortunately, an alternative avenue seems to be opening up.

The veteran manufacturer could be nearing the finish line with their Phantom LINK variant, as demonstrated by a recently uploaded unboxing video. Yesterday, Gossip Master's Bilibili channel featured an almost six-minute-long inspection of a Sapphire retail sample. The Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+ Phantom Link card makes use of the attachable/detachable GC-HPWR adapter, granting a clutter-free power delivery channel via BTF-type motherboard designs (normally made by ASUS). Sapphire's latest product still offers a traditional 12V-2x6 connection, but Gossip Master outlined a key safety feature that prevents simultaneous operation of both power inputs. The pre-release examination also focused on a slightly revised hidden power connection cavity. Reshaped cable routing likely reduces the risk of an unstable/overstressed 12V-2x6 physical connection.

Acer introduced its opening salvo of Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB and RX 9070 non-XT 16 GB custom card designs back in March, almost alongside competing options produced by other AMD board partners. Oddly, the Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturer did not end up launching Navi 48 GPU-based products during that period—months later, retail stock started appearing in Japan. Fast-forward to the end of 2025, and Acer seems to be catching up with other AIBs, yet again. Last Friday (December 12), a Japanese press release signalled the arrival of White Edition Predator BiFrost options at retail outlets. The flagship spin-off SKU is available immediately, at 138,800 yen (tax included), converting to ~$896 USD.

A weekend investigation—prompted by GDM/hermitage akihabara's PR release—produced evidence of pale Predator BiFrost Radeon RX 9070 XT OC and RX 9070 OC stock reaching Europe. VideoCardz happened upon highly-detailed entries on the Geizhals price aggregation engine. In Germany, Acer's best RDNA 4 gaming card—now dressed in white—is (appropriately) cheapest at the "NBB - notebooksbilliger" Ebay store. An active voucher promo brings total cost of ownership down to €613.81 (~$722 USD). Alternatively, NBB and Nullprozentshop offer the joint-lowest non-XT White Edition listings: €539.00 (~$634 USD). Product renders show familiar packaging; already present on boxed standard black models. Oddly, the non-XT promotional shots show the deployment of three 8-pin power connectors (instead of the standard two). Normally this triple provision is reserved for top-level XT options, so Acer's graphics department could be using a generic image set for both overclocked models.

Yesterday, AMD quietly introduced enterprise-grade Radeon AI PRO R9700S and R9600D graphics cards. Two reference designs were showcased within a small batch of promotional renders, but the company has not issued a proper press release that covers the launch of passively-cooled professional "RDNA 4" offerings. Following in the footsteps of Team Red's low-key expansion of the Navi 48 GPU-based Radeon AI PRO, involved board partners have discreetly added their own interpretations to official web presences.

Minus grand fanfare, Sapphire's global site has been updated with "RADEON AI PRO R9700S 32 GB Passive" and "RADEON AI PRO R9600D 32 GB Passive" product pages. Frustratingly, the two listings are not easily accessed from the company's main set of menus. The larger card—with dual-slot thickness—bears an understated two-tone matte/gloss aesthetic. The smaller R9600D SKU is a much simpler affair; its black shroud and backplate are sparsely decorated with branding and vague line patterns. Sapphire's two custom designs are equipped with 12V-2x6 power connectors. The Sapphire R9700S Passive SKU spec sheet seems to align with Team Red's reference points for the air/blower-cooled Radeon AI PRO R9700 design—including a 300 W TDP rating, and 256-bit memory interface. Sapphire's custom R9600D card's power consumption is rated at 150 W; also set at reference level.

AMD has officially expanded its Radeon AI PRO R9000 workstation lineup with two new Navi 48-based cards built on the RDNA 4 architecture. The two models are the Radeon AI PRO R9700S and the Radeon AI PRO R9600D. Both models feature 32 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit interface, delivering a peak memory bandwidth of 640 GB/s. These additions offer a consistent hardware platform for professional customers who require larger frame buffer sizes for compute and visualization tasks.

The Radeon AI PRO R9700S maintains the full Navi 48 configuration with 64 CUs and 4,096 SPs. AMD rates the card at up to 47.8 TeraFLOPS of FP32 performance when the boost clock reaches 2,920 MHz, with a total board power of 300 W. The Radeon AI PRO R9600D, on the other hand, reduces the Navi 48 configuration to 48 active CUs and 3,072 SPs, offering approximately 24.8 TeraFLOPS of FP32 throughput at a boost clock of 2,020 MHz, while targeting a lower 150 W board power.

AMD is preparing two new professional GPUs: Radeon AI Pro R9700S and Radeon AI Pro R9600D, built off the Radeon AI Pro R9700 that launched on October 27. References to the R9600D recently appeared in AMD's 25.30.1 Linux driver, and reports suggest both cards are planned for announcement around CES 2026. The R9700S is described as a server-focused variant of the standard R9700. Instead of the blower cooler used on the original model, the R9700S is expected to switch to passive cooling for use in data-center systems that rely on chassis airflow. The R9600D is positioned as a cut-down version of the same GPU, similar in naming strategy to AMD's earlier Pro W7900D.

Since both cards are rumored to be based on the existing R9700, their general configuration should be similar. The R9700 uses a 4 nm Navi 48 GPU with 64 RDNA 4 compute units, totaling 4,096 stream processors and 128 AI accelerators. It ships with 32 GB of 20 Gbps GDDR6 on a 256-bit interface for 640 GB/s of bandwidth, backed by 64 MB of 3rd-generation Infinity Cache. AMD rates the card at up to 191 TFLOPS of FP16 dense compute or 1531 TOPS of INT4 performance, with a 300 W power target. The R9700 launched as a dual-slot, blower-style card designed for multi-GPU inference systems. The upcoming R9700S and R9600D would expand this lineup, offering a passive server option and a lower-tier configuration built from the same RDNA 4 foundation.

AMD's Radeon RX 9070 and Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics cards have finally reached their MSRPs of $549 and $599, respectively. According to US retailer Newegg listing, these GPUs are now trading at the price AMD artificially set at the launch eight months ago. AMD's AIB partners have used this MSRP model as a general guide, but priced the cards historically higher to preserve margins. Since no reference Made by AMD (MBA) cards were shipped to the masses, AMD's MSRP had little influence over the pricing decision made by AIB partners. Consumers couldn't get MBA cards at their MSRPs, so they had to opt for custom PCB designs from third parties like ASUS, Sapphire, ASRock, XFX, and others. Since all of these were custom designs, AIBs have priced it higher to account for custom engineering going into their GPUs.

Thankfully, gamers can now get both the Radeon RX 9070 and Radeon RX 9070 XT at AMD-set MSRP at US retailers like Newegg. Below, you can check out the images from Newegg for PowerColor Reaper Radeon RX 9070 trading at $549 and ASRock Challenger Radeon RX 9070 XT trading at $599. As a reminder, AMD launched both the Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 on March 6th, 2025. Both cards are built on the 4 nm process using Navi 48 chips and come with 16 GB of GDDR6 memory and PCIe 5.0 x16 connectivity. The RX 9070 XT uses the Navi 48 XTX variant and features 4096 SPs, 64 ray tracing acceleration cores, and 128 tensor cores. It can boost up to 2970 MHz, and has a maximum power draw of 304 W. The RX 9070, meanwhile, uses the Navi 48 XT variant with some shaders disabled, resulting in 3584 SPs, 56 ray tracing acceleration cores, and 112 tensor cores. It boosts up to 2520 MHz and draws up to 220 W.

AMD has finally set the retailer date and the price tag for its professional Radeon AI PRO 9000 series graphics cards, suitable for tasks like professional visualization or workstations that can accommodate up to four cards. Set to launch on October 27 for retailers, the flagship Radeon AI PRO R9700 will arrive at $1,299. Previously, AMD focused solely on the OEM and system integrator segment, leaving retailers and individuals building their own workstations for AI and professional visualization workloads without options. The company aimed to launch this GPU for retailers by the end of July, but supply constraints prevented this, as OEMs and system integrators consumed the entire supply.

These Radeon AI PRO R9700 GPU features a 4 nm "Navi 48" GPU, equipped with 64 RDNA 4 compute units, providing 4,096 stream processors and 128 AI accelerators for enhanced matrix operations across various data formats. A key improvement over the RX 9070 XT gaming GPU is the increased memory capacity, now doubled to 32 GB. The memory subsystem includes 20 Gbps GDDR6 across a 256-bit wide interface, delivering 640 GB/s of memory bandwidth, supported by a 64 MB 3rd Gen Infinity Cache. The AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 achieves up to 191 TeraFLOPS FP16 dense performance and up to 1531 TOPS INT4 sparse performance, all within a power footprint of up to 300 W. The card is packed in dual-slot design with blower-style cooler, so dense multi-GPU configurations can be easily achieved.

A Reddit user bought a Radeon AI PRO R9700 graphics card in the retail channel for $1,220. This card was believed to be unavailable in retail, and restricted to the OEM and SI channels, meant to be sold by workstation builders. The card in question is a GIGABYTE Radeon AI PRO R9700 AI TOP, a custom-design board by the company that features a rack-friendly lateral airflow cooling solution that's build in GIGABYTE's distinct silver color scheme the company uses with its AI TOP branded graphics cards, notebooks, mini PCs, and motherboards.

The Radeon AI PRO R9700 is intended by AMD to be an edge AI accelerator, combining the AI acceleration capabilities of the RDNA 4 architecture, with 32 GB of memory, for accelerating AI models with larger parameter counts. It's based on the same 4 nm "Navi 48" silicon as the Radeon RX 9070 XT gaming GPU, which it maxes out, enabling all 64 compute units present on the silicon. The GPU offers a peak INT4 throughput of 1,531 TOPS, and peak FP16 throughput of 95.7 TFLOP/s. GIGABYTE includes access to its in-house AI TOP utility with this card.

Sapphire introduced its Radeon AI PRO R9700 professional graphics card. Sapphire's take on the PRO R9700 is very similar to a custom design by ASUS, and comes with a design that favors workstation deployments with up to four of these cards installed next to each other. The card is 26.6 cm in length, strictly 2 slots thick, and 11.1 cm tall, or strictly what constitutes "full height," making it fit for 3U rackmount cases. Helping its enterprise chops are a 12V-2x6 power input located at the tail end of the card instead of on the top; and rear bracket mounting holes that help you secure the card to the chassis using expanders.

The card features a lateral airflow blower-based cooling solution. The PCB and cooler shroud has cutouts on the reverse side of the card, where the backplate is recessed, to help adjacent cards better take in airflow. The Radeon AI PRO R9700 targets both professional visualization and edge AI acceleration use-cases. It is based on a maxed out 4 nm "Navi 48" silicon, just like the desktop Radeon RX 9070 XT, but with double the memory size at 32 GB, so it could accelerate larger LLMs. The GPU offers a peak INT4 throughput of 1,531 TOPS, and peak FP16 throughput of 95.7 TFLOP/s.

AMD confirmed today that its RDNA 4-based Radeon AI PRO R9700 GPU will reach retail on Wednesday, July 23. Built on the Navi 48 die with a full 32 GB of GDDR6 memory and supporting PCIe 5.0, the R9700 is specifically tuned for lower-precision calculations and demanding AI workloads. According to AMD, it delivers up to 496% faster inference on large transformer models compared to NVIDIA's desktop RTX 5080, while carrying roughly half the price of the forthcoming RTX PRO "Blackwell" series. At launch, the Radeon AI PRO R9700 will only be offered inside turnkey workstations from OEM partners such as Boxx and Velocity Micro. Enthusiasts who wish to install the card themselves can expect standalone boards from ASRock, PowerColor, and other add-in-board vendors later in the Q3. Early listings suggest a price of around $1,250, placing it above the $599 RX 9070 XT yet considerably below competing NVIDIA workstation GPUs. Retailers are already accepting pre-orders.

Designed for AI professionals who require more than what consumer-grade hardware can provide, the Radeon AI PRO R9700 excels at natural language processing, text-to-image generation, generative design, and other high-complexity tasks that rely on large models or memory-intensive pipelines. It's 32 GB of VRAM allows production-scale inference, local fine-tuning, and multi-modal workflows to run entirely on-premises, improving performance, reducing latency, and enhancing data security compared to cloud-based solutions. Full compatibility with AMD's open ROCm 6.3 platform provides developers with access to leading frameworks, including PyTorch, ONNX Runtime, and TensorFlow. This enables AI models to be built, tested, and deployed efficiently on local workstations. The card's compact dual-slot design and blower-style cooler ensure reliable front-to-back airflow in dense multi-GPU configurations, making it simple to expand memory capacity, deploy parallel inference pipelines, and sustain high-throughput AI infrastructure in enterprise environments.

AMD released the China-exclusive Radeon RX 9070 GRE in May, and ComputerBase.de caught hold of a Sapphire Pulse branded RX 9070 GRE card to test. While the RX 9060 XT specs sheet reads as being exactly half of the RX 9070 XT, the RX 9070 GRE is configured to be three quarters of it. It's based on the same 4 nm "Navi 48" silicon as the rest of the RX 9070 series, but is configured with 48 compute units out of the 64 present, and comes with 12 GB of memory across a 192-bit wide GDDR6 memory bus, in place of the 256-bit wide one that the RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT come with. With 48 CU, the RX 9070 GRE has 3,072 stream processors, 96 AI accelerators, 48 RT accelerators, 192 TMUs, and 96 ROPs. The Infinity Cache size is reduced to 48 MB. The card comes with the same 220 W TBP as the RX 9070.

Testing by ComputerBase.de finds that despite its reduction in compute units and memory, the RX 9070 GRE is still a 1440p-class GPU, and a significant upgrade over the RX 9060 XT 16 GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB. Averaged across 13 game tests, at 1440p, the RX 9070 GRE tests 28.4% faster than RX 9060 XT 16 GB, 22% faster than RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB, and 11% faster than the previous-gen RX 7800 XT, and 5% faster than RTX 4070. The current-gen RTX 5070 is 9% faster, RX 9070 is 14% faster, and the current flagship RX 9070 XT is 29% faster. This makes the RX 9070 GRE an interesting SKU that's at the intersection of various price-performance combinations within the 1440p class. In the Chinese domestic market, the RX 9070 GRE is priced slightly higher than the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB, but lower than the RTX 5070, making it a good value proposition. Find more test results and insights in the source link below.

ASRock today introduced the Radeon AI PRO R9700 Creator graphics card. The card is based on the PRO R9700 GPU AMD launched earlier this week, which is targets both the edge AI acceleration and professional visualization markets. The R9700 is based on the 4 nm "Navi 48" silicon, which it maxes out, with all 64 CU being enabled for 4,096 stream processors, 128 AI accelerators, and 64 RT accelerators. A key difference between the RX 9070 XT gaming GPU and the PRO R9700 is memory, with the latter getting 32 GB of it—double the size. This should help with fairly large AI models. The card also uses PCI-Express Gen 5 memory pooling features in workstations with up to four of these.

To make the card capable of exactly this, ASRock designed its PRO R9700 Creator graphics card to have a strictly 2-slot form-factor, with a lateral blower-based cooling solution that has cutouts behind the blower, and clearance of the backplate toward the tail-end, to help with airflow to adjacent cards. The card also implements the 16-pin 12V-2x6 power connector. This is ASRock's second card from this generation to do so, the other being the Radeon RX 9070 XT Taichi. The connector is located at the tail-end of the card, and not the top. This is important, as the card becomes capable of 3U rackmount chassis installations, something not possible with top-oriented power inputs, particularly with the strict cable bending restrictions of 12V-2x6. The card is 27.1 cm long and 11.1 cm tall. Display outputs include four DisplayPort 2.1a.

Acer was late with its contribution of custom RDNA 4 graphics card; introductory press material was issued after the fact, and potential buyers have waited a while for retail stock to reach end destinations. The Taiwanese manufacturer's opening salvo consisted of premium "Predator BiFrost" and sub-flagship "Nitro" overclocked Radeon RX 9070 XT models, but non-XT options did not launch at the same time. This morning, VideoCardz noted the availability of Predator BiFrost RX 9070 OC 16 GB cards in Japan. The company's regional office has opened its direct-to-customer order book; to the tune of 128,800 yen (including sales tax) per unit—converting to roughly ~$902 (USD).

Unlike XT equivalents, Acer's Predator BiFrost OC and Nitro OC RX 9070 models feature two 8-pin power connectors (instead of three units). Currently, the Geizhals/Skinflint price aggregator denotes stock—of both SKUs—being present at e-tailers in Germany and Austria. According to comparisons, the best Predator BiFrost RX 9070 OC deal comes in at €709 (inc. VAT), at GALAXUS. PLAYOX and Office-Partner.de offer the lowest Nitro RX 9070 OC price tags: €669 (inc. VAT), plus €4.99 processing fees. Acer has not publicly disclosed the reasons behind subsequent sluggish launches of its RDNA 4 portfolio. Curiously enough, Yeston—best known for dealing in eccentric card designs—foresaw a post-April stabilization of Radeon RX 9070 series shipments.

Last week, AMD introduced its Radeon AI PRO R9700 32 GB professional graphics card—representing the RDNA 4 generation's first foray into non-gaming territories. The TechPowerUp team encountered board partner variants on the showroom floor, with GIGABYTE and ASRock exhibiting samples with blower-style cooling solutions. At the time, Team Red's reference design was only visible in promotional/artistic renders. According to the company's official product page, this particular model is "not available for purchase." AMD made similar claims during the early days of—related Navi 48 GPU-based—Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 cards. Months later, Chinese hardware enthusiasts picked up physical "Made-By-AMD" (MBA) examples via murky second hand market channels.

At some point this week, PowerColor's web presences were updated with a semi-familiar sight: an almost direct interpretation of the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 reference card. The Taiwanese AIB has removed "AI" and "PRO R9700" text from their variant's shroud design, and applied a customary "PowerColor" logo and symbol sticker onto the lone blower fan's face. VideoCardz believes that pre-announcement renders and specification leaks had caused confusion across insider networks—hence the emergence of "Radeon RX 9070 XT(X) 32 GB" rumors, within the first quarter of 2025. PowerColor did not showcase its pro-grade at the recently concluded Computex trade event—instead, company representatives were tasked with hyping up incoming custom Radeon RX 9060 XT gaming cards, and a mysterious "REVA" prototype. At the time of writing, PowerColor has not issued any Radeon AI PRO R9700-related press material. AMD and manufacturing partners are expected to launch finalized products in July.